Description

Jazzing Up Journals gives you dozens of ideas for captivating children's interest in writing and suggestions for developing their writing skills. Journal writing is effective for children at all levels of literacy development because they are encouraged to write about their own experiences. You will find:

Simple directions for making a dozen unique cross-curricular journals

Practical ideas for managing journal writing time

Tips for conferencing, publishing and keeping children motivated to do their best work

Jazzing Up Journals is a comprehensive approach to journal writing. The varied ideas in this resource will help you develop and maintain a classroom routine that emphasizes how much fun it is to write. For grades K-1. Contains 112 pages.